This reminds me of the time I was the sysadmin for an accounting system and the UK VAT rules The package we used, was on an Altos 1000 386, used floats but this is allowed for in the VAT rules and one can round the VAT down to the nearest penny per invoice line or at the invoice total. We had an inspection by a green VAT inspector who decided we were up to something and sent in a heavy gun to grab a snapshot of the data (UUCP over RS232 for a long while). We were "making" ?4 ish a month due to invoice line rounding where most packages do it per invoice total. We never saw the green noob inspector again! Hooray for rounding in our favor Dave Caroline